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    Exclamation Flip-Flops!!!! translate!

    PLEASE I NEED HELP!!!!
    How do you translate flip-flops to spanish??
    i got - chancletas, yinas, chanclas.....
    anything else?????
    i need this by 3pm for our school phone message!
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    In spain we say : chanclas

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    in Chile we say pantuflas...pantinas...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pablohz
    in Chile we say pantuflas...pantinas...
    Pantuflas, that's interesting. In Spain we would think of "zapatillas" (slippers) hearing this word.

    I am not familiar with "pantinas"

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    This is really amazing! In Argentina we would also think of slippers if you say "pantuflas"...

    Flip-flops would be "ojotas" here, but if you prefer a more neutral and general word, we also accept "chinelas" (used to refer to any kind of informal sandals).

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    Smile thanks!

    gracias a todos por los insights a como se les dice en otros paises a las flipflops!

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    In Mexico it is common to hear the Nautla word for sandal: "Huarache". they also use chanclas.

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    Default flip-flops

    they are "chancletas" in Colombia, most of them are rubber made

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    Quote Originally Posted by exxcéntrica
    Pantuflas, that's interesting. In Spain we would think of "zapatillas" (slippers) hearing this word.

    I am not familiar with "pantinas"
    you so right I was thinking in a different thing....we call them chalas o hawaianas....

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    We're yinas here... Where did that word come from, I wonder? Chanclas o chancletas would be more like sandals, and yinas, definitely flip-flops.

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